Phil Dunphy

About Phil Dunphy

Phil was born on April 3rd, 1968 in Key West, Florida to Frank and Grace Dunphy. From his mother’s side, he is part Australian. He lived near Lake Okeechobee. (”Legacy”) He went to high school where he was an active member of the cheerleading squad, a habit he continued to pursue until his college years.
On his 12th birthday, Phil hit 10 straight fastballs in the batting cage. His best friend then, Jeff Sweeney stepped in and was hit in the groin, to which Phil shouted ”Ball two!” and people laughed. Phil would regard this as his best birthday for years, and according to him, also the moment he discovered that he is funny (”Game Changer”).
Phil had two girlfriends before Claire in 1991: Denise, whom he broke up with while he was already dating Claire (”Truth Be Told”), and Carla Concannon, to whom he lost his virginity to on June 10th, 1988 while listening to Carly Simon’s Nobody Does it Better (”Sleeper”).
During college, he had a roommate, Ling a fellow cheerleader who would later be mentioned to having built his own helicopter. He had a rival in college named Glen Whipple, captain of the cheer leading squad who also break dances and performs magic like Phil. He mentioned going to trapeze school (”Benched”) and having a job parking cars where he dented an Aston Martin (”The One That Got Away”).
He also has a severe fear of clowns, which he attributes to his accidental finding of a dead clown in the woods when he was a child (”Fizbo”).
He has gone viral on YouTube twice, once with the video ’Man Hit on Head With Basketball’ and twice with the video ’Public Access Pervert – Autotuned’.

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